Chlorine monoxide radical, ozone, and hydrogen peroxide: stratospheric measurements by microwave limb sounding.
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Profiles of stratospheric ozone and chlorine monoxide radical (C1O) have been obtained from balloon measurements of atmospheric limb thermal emission at millimeter wavelengths. The C1O measurements, important for assessing the predicted depletion of stratospheric ozone by chlorine from industrial sources, are in close agreement with present theory, The predicted decrease of C1O at sunset was measured. A tentative value for the stratospheric abundance of hydrogen peroxide was also determined.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 214 4516 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981